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Śūnyatā ( shoon-yə-TAH; Sanskrit: शून्यता; Pali: suññatā), translated most often as "emptiness", "vacuity", and sometimes "voidness", or "nothingness" is an Indian philosophical concept. In Buddhism, Jainism, Hinduism, and other Indian philosophical traditions, the concept has multiple meanings depending on its doctrinal context. It is either an ontological feature of reality, a meditative state, or a phenomenological analysis of experience.

In Theravāda Buddhism, Pali: suññatā often refers to the non-self (Pāli: anattā, Sanskrit: anātman) nature of the five aggregates of experience and the six sense spheres. Pali: Suññatā is also often used to refer to a meditative state or experience.

In Mahāyāna Buddhism, śūnyatā refers to the tenet that "all things are empty of intrinsic existence and nature (svabhava)", but may also refer to the Buddha-nature teachings and primordial or empty awareness, as in Dzogchen, Shentong, or Chan.

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Title	Speaker	Date
May 6th, 2007, Serial No. 03432 Study, Evil, Emptiness	Tenshin Reb Anderson	May 06 2007
Openness Serial: NC-00767 Retreat Conference. Openess OSB Cam, Openness, Breath, Emotions, Forgiveness, Emptiness, Offering	Ivan Nicoletto	May 2007 1 of 5 New Camaldoli Hermitage
Openness Serial: NC-00768 Retreat Conference. Openess OSB Cam, Openness, Emotions, Discrimination, Concentration, Emptiness, Breath...	Ivan Nicoletto	May 2007 Part 2 (of 5) New Camaldoli Hermitage
Happiness The pursuit of happiness vs. wanting others to be happy; happiness from absorption in activity Teachings on Happiness for Dancing Mountains Sangha newsletter Date: February 3, 2007... Lovingkindness, Desire, zen meditation, Religion, Emptiness	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Feb 03 2007 AM No Abode Hermitage
Seijiki Ceremony - Relating to Death and Dying Serial: SF-00029 Heading into winter; what is the most important thing at the end of your life? taking refuge; how are we also hungry ghosts; six realms. Ceremony, Offering, Vow, Ordination, Death-and-Dying, Six Realms, Sangha, Emptiness,...	Meiya Wender	Oct 29 2006
May 8th, 2006, Serial No. 03304 Time, Work, Emptiness	Tenshin Reb Anderson	May 08 2006
Mindful Teaching: Embracing Inner Calm Bell, Thich Nhat Hanh, Yaoshan, Emptiness, Silence	Edward Brown	Apr 24 2006
Three Doors of Liberation Serial: BZ-01228 Emptiness, Signlessness, Aimlessness, One-Day Sitting Liberation, Emptiness, Discrimination, Non-discrimination, Oneness, Big Mind, Birth-...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Apr 09 2006 Berkeley Zen Center
October 24th, 2005, Serial No. 03242 Emptiness, Time, Meditation	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Oct 24 2005
October 17th, 2005, Serial No. 03240 Emptiness, Desire, Happiness	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Oct 17 2005
Releasing Control for True Insight realization, Emptiness, Duality, Impermanence	Edward Brown	Jul 24 2005
April 21st, 2005, Serial No. 03229 Interdependence, Delusion, Emptiness	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Apr 21 2005
January 24th, 2005, Serial No. 03224 Emptiness, Dogen, Zazen	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Jan 24 2005
January 22nd, 2005, Serial No. 03223 Breath, Letting Go, Emptiness	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Jan 22 2005
Zendo Lecture Practice, Tassajara, Emptiness	Leslie James	Dec 07 2004 Tassajara
Lotus Sutra Class Serial: SF-03560 Dining Room Class Addiction, Lotus Sutra, Happiness, realization, Emptiness	Eijun Linda Cutts	Nov 27 2004 Tassajara
Lotus Sutra Class Serial: SF-03484 Dining Room Class Dragons, Lotus Sutra, Manjushri, Mahayana, Emptiness, Hindrances, Diversity,...	Eijun Linda Cutts	Nov 27 2004 Tassajara
Sesshin Lecture Serial: SF-03548 Second Sesshin, Zendo Lecture Lotus Sutra, Complete Perfect Enlightenment, Emotions, Emptiness, Freedom, training,...	Eijun Linda Cutts	Nov 16 2004 Tassajara
Hsin Hsin Ming Serial: SF-01901 Zendo Lecture Faith, Don't Know Mind, Equanimity, Emptiness, Perfect Wisdom, Beginners,...	Darlene Cohen	Jun 18 2004 Tassajara
February 2004 talk, Serial No. 03180 Impermanence, Emptiness, Emotions	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Feb 2004
February 2004 talk, Serial No. 03181 Evil, Emptiness, Buddhism	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Feb 2004
February 2004 talk, Serial No. 03183 Blue Cliff Record, Emptiness, Culture	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Feb 2004
January 21st, 2004, Serial No. 03170 Bodhidharma, Emptiness, Liberation	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Jan 21 2004
January 19th, 2004, Serial No. 03169 Emptiness, Buddha, Duality	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Jan 19 2004
January 16th, 2004, Serial No. 03166 Emptiness, Buddha, Consciousness	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Jan 16 2004
Unraveling Consciousness and Rebirth Truths Consciousness, Emptiness, Bodhisattva	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Jan 14 2004
December 8th, 2003, Serial No. 03155 Emptiness, Enlightenment, Practice Period	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Dec 08 2003
November 15th, 2003, Serial No. 03142 Emptiness, Wisdom, Practice	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Nov 15 2003
November 13th, 2003, Serial No. 03141 Emptiness, Instruction, Letting Go	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Nov 13 2003
November 11th, 2003, Serial No. 03140 Lotus Sutra, Emptiness, Buddha	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Nov 11 2003
Offerings Serial: SF-00158 Sunday talk. Children's lecture. Legend of the blue bonnets; Seijiki, offering food and light; karmic life and emptiness. Offering, Ceremony, Emptiness, Emotions, Intuition, Practice Period, Precepts, Karma...	Eijun Linda Cutts	Nov 02 2003 Green Gulch Farm
September 2003 talk, Serial No. 03131 Emptiness, Heart Sutra, Commitment	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Sep 2003
September 2003 talk, Serial No. 03134 Emptiness, Priest, japanese	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Sep 2003
September 2003 talk, Serial No. 03136 Interdependence, Emptiness, Heart Sutra	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Sep 2003
September 2003 talk, Serial No. 03137 Emptiness, Perfect Wisdom, Heart Sutra	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Sep 2003
August 11th, 2003, Serial No. 03127 Emptiness, Heart Sutra, Delusion	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Aug 11 2003
August 4th, 2003, Serial No. 03126 Emptiness, Avalokiteshvara, Nirvana	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Aug 04 2003
July 28th, 2003, Serial No. 03125 Emptiness, Avalokiteshvara, Samadhi	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Jul 28 2003
July 21st, 2003, Serial No. 03124 Emptiness, Heart Sutra, Chanting	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Jul 21 2003
Living Fully with Zen Acceptance Shikantaza, Emptiness, zen meditation, Mill Valley, Intention	Edward Brown	Jul 13 2003
The Brief Rule of St. Romuald Serial: NC-00054 The Little Rule of Saint Romuald Archival Photo OSB Cam, Romuald, Brief Rule of St. Romuald, Emptiness, Monastic Practice, zen,...	Peter-Damian Belisle	2003 3 of 4 New Camaldoli Hermitage
Not Always So Class Buddha Nature, Emptiness, Bodhidharma, Zazen, Suzuki Roshi, realization, Religion,...	Zenkei Blanche Hartman	Nov 18 2002 Tassajara
Translating Zen: Mindfulness in Every Word Big Mind, Monkey Mind, Kinhin, Emptiness, Heart Sutra	Edward Brown	Aug 14 2002
April 13th, 2002, Serial No. 03063 Consciousness, Heart Sutra, Emptiness	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Apr 13 2002
March 20th, 2002, Serial No. 03054 Emptiness, Buddha Mind, Zazen	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Mar 20 2002
Cultivating the Ground Serial: BZ-00141B Comentary on Suzuki Roshi Lecture, Sesshin Day 2 Emptiness, Silence, Buddha Nature, causation, Big Mind, Ego, Karma, Attachment,...	Sojun Mel Weitsman	Mar 16 2002 Berkeley Zen Center
Zen and Poetry Class Serial: SF-01142 Life and Poetry - Ryokan, Didactic Poems - Writing without adjectives/adverbs Right Speech, Transmission, Buddha Ancestors, Emptiness, Letting Go, stubbornness,...	Daigan Lueck	Mar 05 2002 Green Gulch
January 26th, 2002, Serial No. 03048 Samadhi, Practice Period, Emptiness	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Jan 26 2002
January 24th, 2002, Serial No. 03046 Emptiness, Samadhi, Practice	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Jan 24 2002
November 4th, 2001, Serial No. 03033 Emptiness, Religion, Interdependence	Tenshin Reb Anderson	Nov 04 2001

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